Mongolian grand champion Hakuho, left, topples champion Takayasu to win their bout during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan. Hakuho set a record of 1,048 ca...
Mongolian sumo grand champion Harumafuji, second from right, performs his ring entry form before the start of the ritual sumo bouts held at the Yasukuni Shrine, in Tokyo.
Sumo wrestlers stand in a line to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine before the ritual sumo bouts held at the Shinto shrine, in Tokyo.
Newly promoted sumo grand champion Kisenosato performs his ring entry form at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Kisenosato is the first Japanese wrestler to earn the coveted rank of "yoko...
Sumo grand champion Hakuho of Mongolia performs his ring entry forms at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. The Shinto ritual is part of the annual New Year's celebrations at the shrine.
An unidentified baby, held by a college sumo wrestler, cries during Naki Sumo or Crying Baby Contest, as a judge looks on at Sensoji temple in Tokyo.
Sumo Grand champion Hakuho, right, from Mongolia, accompanied by his attendants, sword-bearer Kyokutenho, displays the sumo's ceremonial stamping form during the New Year's ring en...
The art of the grapple Hetal, who doubles as a physical education instructor at a local school, gives Advaita a hands-on demonstration of the different holds employed by sum...
The art of the grapple Hetal, who doubles as a physical education instructor at a local school, gives Advaita a hands-on demonstration of the different holds employed by sum...
The art of the grapple Hetal, who doubles as a physical education instructor at a local school, gives Advaita a hands-on demonstration of the different holds employed by sum...
Fending Advaita’s height advantage mattered little
Face-off Hetal Dave crouches in the sumo squat position at Mumbai’s Oval Maidan
Sumo grand champion, from Mongolia displays the sumo's ceremonial stamping form during the New Year's ring entering ceremony by grand champions at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
A schoolkid wrestles with former sumo wrestler Taiichiro Tashima during a beach sumo promotional event in Tokyo, Japan. Trade in that bikini for a loincloth. Japan's ancient sport ...
Sumo referee Kindayu Shikimori, clad in traditional attire, is squashed by two sumo wrestlers, Takanowaka, and Tamanoshima in the third day of the 15-day Grand Sumo Tournament in N...
South Korean Sumo wrestler Kasugao holds onto the push tried on by Japanese elementary school children at a Japanese school in Seoul. Kasugao is promoting next year's Sumo compe...
Tons Of Joy
Wrestling champ ‘Daula’ pins down his English adversary ‘Clark’, to the patent dismay of the referee, at a fundraiser for the Lahore ...
Saturday June 7, 2008
When push comes to shove? No, no, this is no David versus Goliath. This is just
for fun -- a boy wrestles an unidentified sumo wrestler as part o...
Japanese sumo fans try to get a look at a procession of sumo wrestlers as they leave Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine during an annual spring festival ceremony. The Yasukuni shrine is a Shi...
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso poses with Bulgaria's sumo wrestlers during the opening ceremony of a donation to the Bulgarian Sumo Federaton, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
